Notice2025-10968
Agile Decision Science, LLC, Savan Group LLC and Maines; Transfer of Information Potentially Containing Confidential Business Information
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Published
June 17, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
This document announces that certain information submitted to the Office of Pesticide Program in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including information that may have been claimed as confidential business information (CBI) by the submitter, will be transferred to Agile Decision Science, LLC, Savan Group LLC and Maines in accordance with the CBI regulations. These entities have been awarded multiple contracts to perform work for OPP, and access to this information will enable these entities to fulfill the obligations of the contract.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25615-25616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10968]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2025-0027; FRL-12822-01-OCSPP]
Agile Decision Science, LLC, Savan Group LLC and Maines; Transfer
of Information Potentially Containing Confidential Business Information
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces that certain information submitted to
the Office of Pesticide Program in the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA or Agency) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA), including information that may have been claimed as
confidential business information (CBI) by the submitter, will be
transferred to Agile Decision Science, LLC, Savan Group LLC and Maines
in accordance with the CBI regulations. These entities have been
awarded multiple contracts to perform work for OPP, and access to this
information will enable these entities to fulfill the obligations of
the contract.
DATES: Access to the information will occur no sooner than June 23,
2025 and is expected to continue in accordance with the terms of the
contract as discussed in this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Northern, Information
Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-1493
email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#711f1e03051914031f5f06181d1d18101c311401105f161e07"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="17797865637f72657939607e7b7b7e767a5772677639707861">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action applies to the public in general. This action may,
however, be of particular interest to those who submit certain
information or data to EPA under FIFRA and FFDCA. Since other entities
may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all
the specific entities that may be affected by this action.
B. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action?
In accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j), EPA has determined that the EPA
contracts identified in Unit II. require that the contractors
identified in Unit II. have access to certain information submitted to
EPA under FIFRA and FFDCA, including information that may have been
claimed as CBI by the submitter. To perform successfully the duties
specified under the contracts, personnel of the contractors will be
given access to information, including information claimed or
determined to be CBI information submitted to EPA.
C. What action is the Agency taking?
EPA is issuing this document to inform all submitters of
information to EPA under FIFRA and FFDCA that EPA will provide the
identified contractors with access to the CBI materials on a need-to-
know basis only. The information is contained in documents that have
been submitted to EPA, including information that has been claimed to
be, or determined to potentially contain, CBI. The information may also
include scientific studies subject to the disclosure restrictions of
FIFRA section 10(g), 7 U.S.C. 136h(d).
All documents that may be subject to release restrictions under
federal law will be designated as ``Protected Information'' in the list
of record materials provided to the contractors. The contracts preclude
public disclosure of any such documents by the contractors who have
received the information from EPA. At the conclusion of the contracts,
the contractors are required to destroy or return the CBI materials to
EPA.
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II. Contract Information
Under these contract numbers identified in this unit, the
contractor will perform the following:
1. Contract No. 68HERD23D0003. In this arrangement, the EPA Office
of Mission Support (OMS) serves as the lead partner by assuming primary
responsibility for coordination of the partnership, as well as
management and administration of the EPA Docket Center Services Task
Order (TO). Accordingly, the OMS representative serves as the Task
Order Contracting Officer's Representative (TOCOR) for the overall TO.
2. Contract No. 68HERC23A0004. The accordance with the Performance
Work Statement (PWS) 2/15/2025-12/31/2025) Product/Service Code:
R617.Project Management Support. The contractor's Technical Project
Manager or their designee shall develop and manage a project schedule
for the tasks outlined in the contract, conduct a project kick-off
meeting and associated activities, and provide formal status updates
throughout the project's life.
3. Contract No. 47QFCA22F0018. Application Services provide support
for all applications and collaborative service capabilities. These
services include support for developing and implementing enterprise and
departmental-level applications. These applications may be ``cross-
cutting'' in nature, with inter-related service processing components
extending across/beyond the enterprise, or unique to a particular
agency/department's mission requirements.
These contracts involve no subcontractors.
OPP has determined that the contracts described in this document
involve work that is being conducted in connection with FIFRA, in that
pesticide chemicals will be the subject of certain evaluations to be
made under this contract. These evaluations may be used in subsequent
regulatory decisions under FIFRA. Some of this information may be
entitled to confidential treatment. The information has been submitted
to EPA under FIFRA sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 and under FFDCA sections
408.
In accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the
contracts prohibit use of the information for any purpose not specified
in these contracts; prohibits disclosure of the information to a third
party without prior written approval from the Agency; and requires that
each official and employee of the contractor sign an agreement to
protect the information from unauthorized release and to handle it in
accordance with the FIFRA Information Security Manual.
In addition, the contractors are required to submit for EPA
approval a security plan under which any CBI will be secured and
protected against unauthorized release or compromise. No information
will be provided to the contractors until the requirements in this
document have been fully satisfied. Records of information provided to
the contractors will be maintained by the EPA Project Officers for
these contracts. All information supplied to the contractors by EPA for
use in connection with these contracts will be returned to EPA when the
contractors have completed the work.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.
Dated: June 11, 2025.
Hayley Hughes,
Director, Office of Program Support.
[FR Doc. 2025-10968 Filed 6-16-25; 8:45 am]
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